Even before their two internet auctions concluded, the Stack’s Bowers Official Auction of the Whitman Baltimore Spring Expo brought it $4.7 million, sales which included a rare Paquet 1861-S.

Coin Week offered their insights on the top five offerings from the auction:

We have looked through the results and compiled a list of five coins that make up the top five highest prices paid. In this list you will see the coins and read our insights into the significance of each piece and how the prices realized stack up against recent auction results for similar coins of the same issue.

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